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Mapping Penny’s World

sarah — Mon, 08 Aug 2022 17:00:10 +0000

Lisa’s dog, Penny, helps with the map. This gives Lisa an idea: Why not map Penny’s world? Making maps is so much fun that Lisa and Penny decide to visit some of the exotic places that they’ve drawn-but they won’t forget to take a map along!

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The New Americans

sarah — Mon, 08 Aug 2022 16:53:36 +0000

This ongoing series introduces our country’s history to young readers in an appealing picture-book format. Clear, simple texts combine with informative, accurate illustrations to help young people develop an understanding of America’s past and present.

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Ten Mile Day

sarah — Mon, 08 Aug 2022 16:47:14 +0000

Illustrated with the author’s carefully researched, evocative paintings, here is a great adventure story in the history of the American West – the day Charles Crocker staked $10,000 on the crews’ ability to lay a world record ten miles of track in a single, Ten Mile Day.

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Redwoods

sarah — Mon, 08 Aug 2022 16:42:10 +0000

A ordinary subway trip is transformed when a young boy happens upon a book about redwood forests. As he reads the information unfolds, and with each new bit of knowledge, he travels – all the way to California to climb into the Redwood canopy.

Crammed with interesting and accurate information about these great natural wonders, Jason Chin’s first book is innovative nonfiction set within a strong and beautiful picture storybook.

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The Trailblazing Life of Daniel Boone

sarah — Mon, 08 Aug 2022 16:36:09 +0000

Daniel Boone’s story is every young adventurer’s fantasy: A childhood in Pennsylvania spent hunting on lands shared with Native Americans; a coming-of-age fighting in the French and Indian War; and the fulfillment of a life’s dream with the blazing of the Wilderness Road across the Appalachian Mountains and the settling of Boonesborough in Kentucky. Add to this the rescue of his daughter from Shawnee warriors, and readers are quickly in the thick of another irresistible Cheryl Harness History.

During Daniel Boone’s 86-year life, Colonial America is transformed into a revolutionary republic, trails morph into roads and highways, and Americans discover new ways to travel―by canal, and by steam-powered boats and trains.

Readers journey through these formative milestones in America’s great westward expansion with the aid of a time line running along each page, 200-plus illustrations, maps, sidebars, primary-source quotations, and resource lists.

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John Muir: America’s First Environmentalist

sarah — Mon, 08 Aug 2022 16:28:00 +0000

John Muir was particularly devoted to the high cliffs, waterfalls, and ancient giant sequoia trees that, through his careful influence, were set aside as Yosemite, one of the first national parks in America.

Here is the life story of the man who, moved by a commitment to wilderness everywhere, founded the Sierra Club in 1892, a conservation group that carries on his crucial work to this day.

Back matter includes an epilogue, a bibliography, and information about the Sierra Club.

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The Adventures of Odysseus

AWiebe — Tue, 02 Aug 2022 19:12:07 +0000

This gripping retelling by award-winning professional storytellers Lupton and Morden breathes new life into Homer's classic epic poem The Odyssey while introducing youngsters to a cornerstone in Western literature.

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Saving the Countryside: The Story of Beatrix Potter and Peter Rabbit

AWiebe — Tue, 12 Jul 2022 15:45:30 +0000

"Growing up in London, Beatrix Potter felt the restraints of Victorian times. Girls didn't go to school and weren't expected to work. But she longed to do something important, something that truly mattered. As Beatrix spent her summers in the country and found inspiration in nature, it was through this passion that her creativity flourished. [...]

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Grannyman

AWiebe — Tue, 05 Jul 2022 16:45:25 +0000

Simon is an old cat. His family adores him and they do everything they can to keep him comfortable. After a full life of chasing butterflies, pruning houseplants and playing the piano, he now feels useless. Then one day his family drops something soft and small on this tummy. A kitten! There is much the kitten [...]

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City Under the Back Steps

AWiebe — Tue, 05 Jul 2022 15:48:22 +0000

Meet Jill and Craig, two children who mysteriously shrink and are taken prisoner by an ant colony. Down beneath the ground they are herded, to the city under the back steps and the complex world of the ant colony. Here where the haughty Queen rules with an iron hand, each of her subjects has a [...]

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The Ocean of Truth: The Story of Sir Isaac Newton

AWiebe — Mon, 13 Jun 2022 22:24:55 +0000

Sir Isaac Newton is one of history's most renowned scientists. He independently developed the mathematical technique known as Calculus, wrote a treatise on the properties of light and color that is still consulted by scientists, and worked out the mathematical details of the law of gravity. What is less well known is the depth of [...]

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Gregor Mendel: The Friar Who Grew Peas

AWiebe — Mon, 13 Jun 2022 22:11:03 +0000

Regarded as the world's first geneticist, Mendel overcame poverty and obscurity to discover that animals, plants, and people all inherit and pass down traits through the same process. Children will be inspired by Gregor's never-ending search for knowledge, and his famous experiments are easy to understand.

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